nice to see you, jim. >> good to be with you. >> let me ask you this question. we're trying to figure out if the extremes that are often represented by the woman that you are running against, whether or not that is ultimately going to bring down the republican party in the short term or if not in the short term, -- >> no question about it. michele bachmann epitomizes everything that's wrong on the women's issues. she has engaged in a war on women. she would like to take women back 50 years, go back to the mail dominant society, control women's reproductive rights, control everything about women. definitely it's a war on women and it will definitely be a very important issue in this election. >> it's interesting to hear you say that because clearly michele bachmann issers a woman. so you have sort of a complicated thing going on here where you're saying she herself is a woman and mother and yet her positions are positions that don't lead to sort of greater equality, fairness for women in general who would be your constituents if you won. >> you look at the her vo